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Damianos Gavalas

Damianos Gavalas

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
34
Citations
6617
World Ranking
12002
National Ranking
96

Damianos Gavalas publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Damianos Gavalas sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 218 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Damianos Gavalas D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Damianos Gavalas sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

Damianos Gavalas is affiliated with the University of the Aegean in Greece and works primarily in the fields of Computer Science, Engineering, and Social Sciences. Their research spans several subfields including Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Sociology and Political Science, Marketing, and Automotive Engineering.

Their main research topics cover diverse technological and social aspects, with a focus on Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts, Augmented Reality Applications, Transportation and Mobility Innovations, Tactile and Sensory Interactions, Media Influence and Health, Sharing Economy and Platforms, and Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods.

Gavalas has contributed to multiple scientific publications, with recent papers addressing a range of subjects related to virtual environments, augmented reality, and smart systems. Notable works include:

  • "Avatars as storytellers: affective narratives in virtual museums" (2020) published in Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
  • "Virtual reality as a communication medium: a comparative study of forced compliance in virtual reality versus physical world" (2021) published in Virtual Reality
  • "Enhancing shopping experiences in smart retailing" (2021) published in Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing
  • "Are you talking to me? An Audio Augmented Reality conversational guide for cultural heritage" (2023) published in Pervasive and Mobile Computing
  • "Optimizing Relocation Cost in Free-Floating Car-Sharing Systems" (2020) published in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Frequent coauthors working with Gavalas include Vlasios Kasapakis, Elena Dzardanova, Charalampos Konstantopoulos, Grammati Pantziou, and Spyros Vosinakis. Collaboration with these researchers reflects interdisciplinary work across human-computer interaction, virtual and augmented reality, and transportation systems.

Their research contributions have been published predominantly in venues such as Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality, Sensors, Applied Soft Computing, and INTED proceedings. This indicates a focus on journals and conferences specializing in ubiquitous computing, virtual environments, sensor technology, and applied computational methods.

Best Publications

  • A survey on jamming attacks and countermeasures in WSNs

    A. Mpitziopoulos;D. Gavalas;C. Konstantopoulos;G. Pantziou

  • Review: Mobile recommender systems in tourism

    Damianos Gavalas;Charalampos Konstantopoulos;Konstantinos Mastakas;Grammati Pantziou

  • A survey on algorithmic approaches for solving tourist trip design problems

    Damianos Gavalas;Charalampos Konstantopoulos;Konstantinos Mastakas;Grammati Pantziou

  • An innovative mobile electronic tourist guide application

    Michael Kenteris;Damianos Gavalas;Daphne Economou

  • A web-based pervasive recommendation system for mobile tourist guides

    Damianos Gavalas;Michael Kenteris

  • Development Platforms for Mobile Applications: Status and Trends

    Damianos Gavalas;D Economou

  • A Rendezvous-Based Approach Enabling Energy-Efficient Sensory Data Collection with Mobile Sinks

    C. Konstantopoulos;G. Pantziou;D. Gavalas;A. Mpitziopoulos

  • Electronic mobile guides: a survey

    Michael Kenteris;Damianos Gavalas;Daphne Economou

  • Clustering in Wireless Sensor Networks

    Basilis Mamalis;Damianos Gavalas;Charalampos Konstantopoulos;Grammati Pantziou

  • Advanced network monitoring applications based on mobile/intelligent agent technology

    D. Gavalas;D. Greenwood;M. Ghanbari;M. O'Mahony

  • Effective Determination of Mobile Agent Itineraries for Data Aggregation on Sensor Networks

    Charalampos Konstantopoulos;A Mpitziopoulos;D Gavalas;G Pantziou

  • The eCOMPASS multimodal tourist tour planner

    Damianos Gavalas;Vlasios Kasapakis;Charalampos Konstantopoulos;Grammati Pantziou

  • Heuristics for the time dependent team orienteering problem

    Damianos Gavalas;Charalampos Konstantopoulos;Konstantinos Mastakas;Grammati Pantziou

  • A mobile agent platform for distributed network and systems management

    Damianos Gavalas;George E. Tsekouras;Christos Anagnostopoulos

  • Clustering in mobile ad hoc networks through neighborhood stability-based mobility prediction

    Charalampos Konstantopoulos;Damianos Gavalas;Grammati Pantziou

  • Pervasive gaming: Status, trends and design principles

    Vlasios Kasapakis;Damianos Gavalas

  • Scenic route planning for tourists

    Damianos Gavalas;Vlasios Kasapakis;Charalampos Konstantopoulos;Grammati Pantziou

  • Web application for recommending personalised mobile tourist routes

    Damianos Gavalas;Michael Kenteris;Charalampos Konstantopoulos;Grammati E. Pantziou

  • Incentivized vehicle relocation in vehicle sharing systems

    Alexandros Angelopoulos;Alexandros Angelopoulos;Damianos Gavalas;Damianos Gavalas;Charalampos Konstantopoulos;Charalampos Konstantopoulos;Damianos Kypriadis;Damianos Kypriadis

  • An infrastructure for distributed and dynamic network management based on mobile agent technology

    D. Gavalas;D. Greenwood;M. Ghanbari;M. O'Mahony

  • An approach for near-optimal distributed data fusion in wireless sensor networks

    Damianos Gavalas;Aristides Mpitziopoulos;Grammati Pantziou;Charalampos Konstantopoulos

Frequent Co-Authors

Mohammed Ghanbari
Mohammed Ghanbari University of Essex
Ioannis Chatzigiannakis
Ioannis Chatzigiannakis Sapienza University of Rome
Paolo Bellavista
Paolo Bellavista University of Bologna
Bin Guo
Bin Guo Northwestern Polytechnical University
Dorothea Wagner
Dorothea Wagner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Jiannong Cao
Jiannong Cao Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Francesco Ricci
Francesco Ricci Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Zhiwen Yu
Zhiwen Yu Northwestern Polytechnical University
Valérie Issarny
Valérie Issarny French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Periklis Chatzimisios
Periklis Chatzimisios International Hellenic University

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